From Dr. Cohen:
Seeking Food Justice Instructor
(Part time; ~5-10 hrs/week)
The Children’s Aid Society (CAS) is seeking a dynamic educator for the Go!Healthy Food Justice program, an afterschool program for middle or high school students in Washington Heights,
Harlem, the Bronx and northern Staten Island. The Go!Healthy Food Justice program seeks to connect middle and high school students in underserved communities to the knowledge and skills needed to critically examine their food environment, to make healthy,
informed decisions about the food they eat, and to advocate for positive change in their neighborhoods.
The Food Justice program is part of CAS’s Go!Healthy initiative, a comprehensive obesity prevention and health promotion initiative that engages children from birth through adolescence, as well as parents and
staff. For more information about the Go!Healthy initiative, please visit:
www.childrensaidsociety.org/nutrition.
The Go!Healthy initiative is seeking an educator to implement the Food Justice program at
P.S. 50 in East Harlem on Tuesdays and/or Fannie Lou Hamer Middle School in the Bronx on Fridays, for approximately 5 hours per week per site (including planning, set up and clean up). The program
includes: interactive class discussions; activities such as field trips to local farms, gardens and markets; a community food assessment; photography, videography and social media; and a final event where students share their work with one another. Our goals
are to positively impact students’ food choice, voice and action, which include increasing their awareness of healthy eating and food justice, and empowering them to plan and implement effective Community Food Justice projects.
Responsibilities include:
Candidate must have the following qualifications:
Please email resume and cover letter to:
Natalie Greaves-Peters
Coordinator, Go!Healthy Food Justice Program, The Children’s Aid Society